Mineral spa
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Mineral spas are spa resorts developed around naturally occurring mineral springs. Like seaside resorts, they are mainly used recreationally although they also figured prominently in prescientific med
Spa Luhačovice in Czech Republic (hotel built by Dušan Jurkovič)
The walls of the Roman spa town Hisarya (Bulgaria)
Slides and pools in the hot springs camp in Bela-Bela (South Africa)
Hot springs of Pamukkale (Turkey)
Spa town
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A spa town is a resort town based on a mineral spa. Patrons may visit spas to "take the waters" for their purported health benefits.
Mineral spa
…when the burgeoning numbers could take advantage of the automobile and the now extensive railways throughout most of Europe and the United States. The spa towns already had infrastructure and attractions to assuage such desires, and the modern tourist trip began to take its familiar form. Other technologies…
The statue of "The crutchbreaker" in the spa town Piešťany (Slovakia) – a symbol of balneotherapy
Print of Spa, Belgium, 1895
Ikaalisten Kylpylä, a spa center in Ikaalinen, Pirkanmaa, Finland
The Slatina Spa